Cash-strapped Greenwich Council plans to scale back its homebuilding programme and will buy more properties to get people off its 28,000-strong housing waiting list. Some improvements to council housing will also be delayed to free up funds to adapt the council’s high-rises to comply with any new rules that will follow the Grenfell Tower disaster. […]
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‘Terrible’ Greenwich Council housing block finally due for refurbishment
One of Greenwich’s most dilapidated council blocks is finally in line for a refurbishment – more than six years after they were promised work was due to take place. The exterior of the block on Woodland Grove, has been crumbling for years, with paintwork falling off balconies and holes in the roofs of the stairwells. […]
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Greenwich Council could hike rents to fix its tatty housing estates
Council rents in Greenwich could be set for a future increase in rents after the new councillor in charge of housing said she wanted to clean up the borough’s tatty estates and fix its troubled repairs service. Greenwich has long boasted about having the lowest council rents in London – currently at an average of […]
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